by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 21, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: India has marked a key milestone in universalising primary health care with the target of operationalising 70,000 Ayushman Bharat-Health and Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs) by March 31 being realised ahead of time, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday. Till...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 21, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Pension & Social Security
New Delhi: Net new enrolments with retirement fund body EPFO grew 27.79 per cent to 13.36 lakh in January compared to the same month in 2020, according to the payroll data released on Saturday, providing a perspective on formal sector employment amid the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 21, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: India recorded 43,846 new coronavirus cases in a day, the highest single-day rise so far this year, taking the nationwide COVID-19 tally to 1,15,99,130, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. Registering an increase for the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 21, 2021 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
TOKYO: An earthquake struck off the coast of northeastern Japan on Saturday, shaking buildings and generating a tsunami of 1 metre in the same area devastated a decade ago by a quake and tsunami. The earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.2, hit off the coast of Miyagi...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
AstraZeneca said on Sunday its COVID-19 vaccine contains no pork-derived ingredients, countering an assertion in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, that the drug violates Islamic law. Indonesia’s highest Muslim clerical council, the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: The Covid-19 vaccine should be able to give good protection from the infection for eight to ten months, AIIMS director Randeep Guleria said on Saturday.He also said that no major side-effect of the vaccine has been recorded. “The Covid-19 vaccine...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management
New Delhi: India and Bangladesh have agreed to expand cooperation across the entire gamut of water resources issues, including a framework for sharing of river waters, mitigation of pollution, riverbank protection, flood management, basin management, according...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: The government has taken several steps to address the issue of air pollution in Delhi, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Friday and took a jibe at the AAP dispensation for taking credit for the work done by the Centre. Responding to a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management
Dubai: A drone attack struck an oil installation in Saudi Arabia's capital of Riyadh on Friday, the Saudi state-run news agency reported, igniting a blaze at the facility deep in the kingdom's territory. The dawn attack caused no injuries or...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 20, 2021 | International News, Non-Life
NEW YORK: Chubb Ltd’s $23.4 billion bid for Hartford Financial Services Group Inc would catapult it well up the rankings of U.S. property and casualty insurers, if it is willing to sweeten its offer enough to clinch the deal, equity analysts said.Chubb on...
